the URG Team

States’ human rights obligations should inform national policy in addressing the use and presence of mines, including their removal; education and awareness-raising; victim support, rehabilitation, and reparation; and social reintegration. Moreover, the duty of international cooperation requires States to support and/or cooperate on demining and rehabilitation programmes, especially in LDCs.

This report examines those impacts and proposes avenues to increase the integration of human rights within mine action through enhanced engagement on the part of the UN human rights system. In so doing, its ultimate objective is to contribute towards increasing the protection of the human rights of landmine victims as a particularly vulnerable group.